Donetsk, May 27 – DAN. The Ukrainian army violated the ceasefire six times in the past 24 hours, firing almost 40 rounds, said DPR Mission to the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC).

"Over the past 24 hours the enemy violated the ceasefire six times firing 35 shells,” Yakubov said.

Shakhta Trudovskaya, Dzerzhinskoye, Sakhanka were targeted with 120 mm caliber mortars, IFVs, APCs, grenade laucnhers and small arms.

The rounds under 12.7 mm caliber are excluded from daily reports.

In the morning, Ukrainian army opened intense fire on Gorlovka outskirts, firing 19 large caliber rounds in less than two hours.

A new recommitment to the ceasefire in Donbass has come into force on Friday, 1.01 a.m. GMT +3, after the security working group of the Contact Group had agreed to it on the previous day. At 1.05 a.m. Kiev forces opened 120 mm mortar fire on Alexandrovka, western Donetsk. *ot